Intro to Plato | Philosophy Tube

What are the Forms, and what do they do? What is the Allegory of the Cave? Here's bits and pieces from the Meno, the Parmenides, the Phaedo, and the Republic - all as an intro to Plato's metaphysics!

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Bibliography:
Plato - the Republic, the Phaedo, the Meno, the Parmenides (all available free online)
Critchley, Infinitely Demanding https://tinyurl.com/y9kuvswd
Helene Shugart, Heavy https://tinyurl.com/yc4hyx7q
Horkheimer, The Eclipse of Reason https://tinyurl.com/ydbg7rpx

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